单词 | under-labourer |
释义 | under-labourern. (under- prefix1 3a(a).) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > subordinate servantc1400 server1483 under-workman1608 under-labourera1667 under-worker1701 grinder1814 mate1840 grunt1908 report1973 a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. in Wks. (1831) IV. 140 You are the ministers of Christ's priesthood, under-labourers in the great work of mediation and intercession. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding To Rdr. sig. a2 'Tis Ambition enough to be employed as an Under-Labourer in clearing the Ground a little. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 350 The proper office of this agent intellect, to serve as an under-labourer to that which is patient. 1836 J. Keble Serm. (1848) viii. 219 We, indeed, as Priests of the second order, are but under-labourers in that most holy cause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1667 |
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